Polite
Polite adjective - Showing consideration, courtesy, and good manners.
Sharp and polite are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sharp" instead an adjective "Polite".
Nearby Words: politeness, politely
Both words in one sentence
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His batons are nothing to sneeze at, and he's also rather polite and sharp-dressed.
Source: Cultured Badass - Sharp-Dressed Man: Chamberlain; combined with his polite manners, southern hospitality, and unflappable sense of grace is the quintessential example of this trope.
Source: Comic Book / East of West - She's always unflappably polite and kind-hearted (even to Nobby Nobbs), but beneath her lighthearted exterior is a razor-sharp mind, as demonstrated when she negotiated Ankh-Morpork's fat trade with the Dwarf King in The Fifth Elephant.
Source: Good Is Not Dumb
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Sharp and Polite. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/polite/sharp
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Sharp or Polite. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/polite/sharp.
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